Systematic Acceptance Sampling Plan in Manufacturing Industries: Case of Addis Ababa Bottle and Glass Share Company

Acceptance sampling is used by firms to monitor the quality of raw materials, components and finished products. Mostly, it is useful when testing is destructive, very expensive, time consuming or when product liability risks are significant. Addis Ababa Bottle and Glass Share Company is one of the oldest glass manufacturing plant in Ethiopia. The company controls the quality of the manufactured lots using partial inspection method. Samples of bottles are taken, inspected, tested, and the lots as a whole are accepted or rejected depending on whether few or many defective items are found in the sample respectively. This book focuses on the identification and monitoring of quality problems of Addis Ababa Bottle and Glass Share Company using the concepts and applications of Acceptance sampling.

Netsanet Jote was born in Ethiopia. she received BSc degree in Industrial Engineering from Bahir Dar University in 2005 and MSc degree from Addis Ababa University in 2009. Now , Netsanet is a PhD student at Addis Ababa University and lecturer at Bahir Dar University. She lives in Addis Ababa with her husband poet Andualem Abate.